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Unio mondonta

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a Union mondonta (or Unio soleniformis) shell. There are also two views of another shell drawn below and a drawi...
Drawing

Increase Lapham Plant Drawings

Date: 1828
Description: Increase Lapham drawings of Poa pratensis, Festuca duriuscula, Lolium prenne, Alopecurus pratensis, Anthoxanthum odoratum
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Botanical Diary

Date: 1835
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1935 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham Botanical Diary

Date: 1838
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1838 botanical diary in which he listed plants he observed in flower stage.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham's 1870 California Diary

Date: 1870
Description: Page from a diary kept by Increase Lapham in California between April 11 and May 19, 1870. The page shows a portion of a list of minerals of California.
Manuscript

Increase Lapham letter

Date: 06 28 1850
Description: Letter from Increase Lapham to his wife, Ann Maria Alcott, in Milwaukee. Lapham was at Aztalan and wrote to Anna regarding the geology of the region. He in...
Manuscript

Profile of a Semi-Diurnal Spring Tidal Curve

Date: 12 1860
Description: Graph showing the profile of a semi-diurnal spring tidal curve deduced from 5452 half hourly ordinates obtained from the records of self registering tide g...
Map or Atlas

Ancient Works at Indian Prairie

Date: 1850
Description: Map showing Indian mounds and graves as well as ground cover types at Township 8, Range 22. There is an inset diagram of an effigy mound labeled "The Cross...
Drawing

Millet

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Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Setaris Italica or foxtail millet and Panicum miliaceum or proso millet. There are also inset drawings of a spik...
Manuscript

Ranunculaceae

Date: 1849
Description: Handwritten list of plants in the Ranunculaceae or crowfoot family.
Manuscript

Plants of Wisconsin Page

Date: 1845
Description: Page from Increase Lapham's 1845 list of plants of Wisconsin including Oxalidaceae, Zanthoxylaceae, and Anacardiaceae and notations of where and when indiv...
Map or Atlas

Ancient Works, Second Ward, Milwaukee

Date: 
Description: Map showing Indian mounds in Milwaukee's Second Ward from a sketch made by Increase Lapham in 1836. Streets shown on the map include 6th Street, 5th Street...
Map or Atlas

Map of Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee Counties

Date: 1840
Description: Map shows three Wisconsin territories, Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee. Map is ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper. Relief shown by hachures.
Drawing

Mr. Dibble's Machine

Date: 1827
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a rig designed by Mr. Orange Dibble for removing rocks and other large debris from deep canal cuts.
Drawing

A Geological Profile Extending from Utica to Knob Creek

Date: 1828
Description: Drawing by Increase Lapham showing the geological profile of the land between Utica and Knob Creek, Kentucky at a scale of 1/2 inch to a mile.
Drawing

Louisville and Portland Railroad

Date: 02 15 1830
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a railroad tunnel and railroad tracks.
Drawing

Geological Profile from the Sandusky Plains to Portsmouth

Date: 12 22 1830
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of the geological profile between the Sandusky plains and Portsmouth, Ohio.
Map or Atlas

Plan of the Canal Termination on Portsmouth Point

Date: 1833
Description: Increase Lapham's plan for the canal terminus on Portsmouth Point at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers.
Manuscript

Lapham Handwritten Title Page

Date: 1844
Description: Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin
Manuscript

First Page of Lapham's Gazetteer

Date: 1844
Description: Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin.

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